Re: Creating and Printing a Recital Program

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:19:52 -0600

For the "proper" version of this, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPrinting.htm. As for how to
insert the paper, this is something you will have to discover by trial and
error, as printers differ in the required orientation. Your best bet is to
write TOP on one end of a *** of paper and insert it so that it is the
leading edge of the paper as it is fed by the printer. Note where the
printing is relative to this legend (which side of the paper as well as
which end). 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message
news:eQxzUUvCEHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I copied these instructions (courtesy of Suzanne Barnhill) some time ago
for
> future reference.
> I now need to create an eight-page "program" for a recital, using Word
2002.
> I'm unclear about the printing procedure and would greatly appreciate some
> advice:
> When feeding the paper into the printer for the second time, which end
goes
> in first?
> Also, I will not want the pages numbered.
> Here is Suzanne's article:
> Set up your document by first choosing Landscape orientation on the "Paper
> Size" tab of Page Setup.
> Then select "Mirror Margins" on the "Margins" tab. When you do this, the
> margin measurements for "Left" and "Right" change to "Inside" and
"Outside."
> Set the margins you want for your half-size page.
> If your booklet is to be "saddle stitched" (stapled in the center), you
may
> want a slightly larger margin on the outside to allow for trimming.
> Now set the "Gutter" measurement to half the width of your paper. If you
are
> using US Letter, this will be 5.5"; for US Legal, it will be 7".
> You can see from the diagram in Page Setup that the text area of your page
> will alternate from right (odd or recto pages) to left (even or verso
> pages).
> As you will have figured out, this will give you one page per ***,
> alternating right (odd pages) and left (even pages). Not to worry! Enter
> your text sequentially, page 1 through the end.
> You will, of course, need to have the total number of pages divisible by
> four, so you may need to add blanks at the end. (You can either leave them
> entirely blank or print "Notes" or some such at the top.)
> To print, select "Odd pages" (at either the bottom-left or bottom-right of
> the Print dialog, depending on your Word version).
> After you have printed all the odd pages, return to the Print dialog,
select
> "Even pages," and click the "Options" button on the Print dialog and check
> "Reverse print order" (remember to uncheck this when you've finished).
> Feed your printed pages back through the printer to have the second page
> printed.
> You will find that (supposing you have an eight-page booklet) page 8
prints
> on page 1, page 6 on 3, and so on.
> This will give you camera-ready copy if you're planning to reproduce your
> booklet by printing or photocopying.
> If you're planning to duplex the pages yourself, you'll need to figure
that
> out from here (you'll end up with two copies of the booklet per print
> operation, obviously).
> You may find that there are some problems with printing specific pages
> (especially in longer booklets) using the Word 2002 Booklet feature,
> although printing the whole file works fine.
> You may also find that "Inside" and "Outside" margins are reversed. The
> latter is easy to work around by reversing the margin settings.
>
>
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